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May 23, 2024 | 
foodingredientsfirst.com | Radhika Sikaria
23 May 2024 --- Alcohol industry giant Diageo is trialing a Dry Molded Fiber bottle for its Baileys, the Original Irish Cream Liqueur, in partnership with PA Consulting, as part of the Bottle Collective. The bottle employs PulPac’s technology and is 90% paper-based, with a thin plastic liner and foil seal. The 2,000-bottle consumer trial will be on the brand’s mini format (80 mL) at the Time Out Festival in Barcelona, Spain, from May 25 to 26.
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May 23, 2024 | 
personalcareinsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
23 May 2024 --- Pact Collective and Eastman qualify to use clean, multi-color PET waste from Pact members and consumers as feedstock for Eastman’s methanolysis technology. Eastman’s technology addresses the mechanical recycling challenges of multi-colored PET at material recovery facilities (MRF).
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May 23, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
23 May 2024 --- Pact Collective and Eastman qualify to use clean, multi-color PET waste from Pact members and consumers as feedstock for Eastman’s methanolysis technology. Eastman’s technology addresses the mechanical recycling challenges of multi-colored PET at material recovery facilities (MRF).
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May 22, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
22 May 2024 --- Glass has long stood out for its sustainability and protective qualities. However, the recent shift in the alcohol industry toward lighter and more durable materials such as PET and paper has posed significant challenges for industry leaders in the glass packaging sector, who are now doubling down on innovation to sustain glass’ long-standing position. Verallia, the world’s third-largest producer of glass packaging for F&B products, is at the forefront of this transformation.
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May 21, 2024 | 
foodingredientsfirst.com | Radhika Sikaria
21 May 2024 --- McDonald’s has joined The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, providing a multi-million-dollar grant to the initiative. With the funding, the coalition is introducing advanced sortation technology through its 100th recycling facility grant awarded to the US-based recycling assistance program Recycling Works to ensure PP stays out of landfills.
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May 19, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
20 May 2024 --- Tetra Pak has launched a framework called “Approach to Nature,” aimed at halting and reversing nature loss while enhancing water security. Announced ahead of the United Nations International Day of Biodiversity on May 22, the initiative sets out 25 targets spanning Tetra Pak’s value chain. The targets focus on sustainable sourcing, water stewardship, waste reduction and pollution control.
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May 19, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
20 May 2024 --- LRS, the US’ fifth-largest independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider, has partnered with Everest Labs to boost aluminum can recovery at its new recycling facility, dubbed “The Exchange,” in Chicago. The initiative is supported by funding from Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) members Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings.
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May 16, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
16 May 2024 --- Researchers from the University of Leicester in the UK and the University of Cape Town in South Africa have revealed a link between vibrant plastic colors, such as red, blue and green, and accelerated microplastic formation. The findings show how the choice of colorants in plastic formulation can impact degradation rates and subsequent environmental damage.
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May 15, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
15 May 2024 --- Mondi partners with Sweden’s Scan Sverige to create a PP-based monomaterial packaging. The packaging and paper solutions provider supplies its WalletPack range for the food producer’s Pärsons brand range of sliced ham, salami and plant-based products. WalletPack is Mondi’s “award-winning” packaging with a monoPP structure. The institute cyclos-HTP certifies it as 93% recyclable. It has a high oxygen and moisture barrier to protect food and keep it fresh.
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May 14, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Radhika Sikaria
14 May 2024 --- The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has simplified England’s bin collection system in an effort to boost recycling. Recycling Minister Robbie Moore hails the reform as “a new, common-sense approach.”Going forward, councils will be allowed to collect plastic, metal, glass, paper and card in one bin in all circumstances. Similarly, food and garden waste will also be allowed to be co-collected.
